The body of a teenage stowaway was found in the landing gear of a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft after it landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany from a flight from Africa.

Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said the stowaway was a black male who may have been of African origin. He said the plane stopped in several African countries before it arrived Sunday at Germany's Ramstein air base.

ABC News reports that Mali was the last stop in Africa for the plane, which also landed in Sigonella, Italy en route to Ramstein.

Kirby said the body was found during a routine post-flight maintenance inspection of the cargo plane. He said the body had been turned over to German authorities for autopsy, and the matter is under investigation.